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As severe drought hits, the UK’s food system faces crisis – here’s how to change that

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par Neil Ward, Professor of Rural and Regional Development at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of East Anglia

The UK is in the grip of a severe drought. England and Wales received only 9-10% of their normal rainfall in July, and for England it was the driest July since records began in 1836. A fifth heatwave has just been forecast. This is the shape of things to come and is what climate scientists have long predicted.

The drought’s length and severity are affecting UK agriculture and food production. This follows other…

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